Chandragupta Maurya and His TimesThis is a comprehensive work dealing with the life and times of India`s first historical emperor, and a picture of the civilization of India in the early period of the fourth century BC. The author had utilized much material found in Arthasastra. The work also embodies collation and comparison of evidence from different sources, classical works in Sanskrit, Buddhist and jaina texts and the inscriptions of Asoka. The book gives a detailed account of Chandragupta Maurya and the general view of his administration. It has covered almost all aspects of administration including the king, ministers and officers with rules of service and divisions of administrative departments; governance of land system and rural administration along with municipal administration, the source of law and dispensation of justice and the army and its management. Besides social and economic conditions of that times have been elaborately discussed. The detailed contents serves as an index of subjects, the other parts are--Index of technical terms, three appendics which enrich utility of the book and a plate of typical Mauryan Coins. |
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... Poros of the Grecks . The suggestion is quite plausible , considering what a large place Poros had filled in the politics of his country in his time , so that no adventure in that region could be undertaken without enlisting his support ...
... Poros of the Grecks . The suggestion is quite plausible , considering what a large place Poros had filled in the politics of his country in his time , so that no adventure in that region could be undertaken without enlisting his support ...
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... Poros . Poros depended largely upon his chariots in his resistance of Alexander and the following description of his chariots by Curtius [ VIII . 14 ] is very interesting reading : " Each chariot was drawn by four horses and carried six ...
... Poros . Poros depended largely upon his chariots in his resistance of Alexander and the following description of his chariots by Curtius [ VIII . 14 ] is very interesting reading : " Each chariot was drawn by four horses and carried six ...
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... Poros , as seemed safe , and entreated him , since it was no longer possible for him to flee , to stop his elephant and to listen to the message he brought from Alexander . But Poros , on finding that the speaker was his old enemy ...
... Poros , as seemed safe , and entreated him , since it was no longer possible for him to flee , to stop his elephant and to listen to the message he brought from Alexander . But Poros , on finding that the speaker was his old enemy ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Greatness I Earliest Indian Emperors 1 Terms and Ceremonies | 10 |
Taxila 16 Education at Taxila | 16 |
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